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Site Relaunch & upgrades

 

Now that the RWC is over the site will undergo some big change which are already underway. We have lost some posts and comments but they will be restored once the site is republished.

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USA vs. England Saxons

The Churchill Cup game between USA vs. England Saxons will be shown for free on Universal Sports this Saturday at noon ET. Full details here.

Eagles coach Eddie O’Sullivan gives his rundown on the game below.

 

2011 USA Sevens Collegiate Rugby Championship

Big weekend for sevens rugby on tv in the US with Universal Sports, Versus and NBC - http://www.universalsports.com/news-blogs/article/newsid=533997.html#college+viewers+guide

Full details below the fold

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Las Vegas 7s is on NBC at 3.30pm

Las Vegas 7s is on in a couple of hours on NBC, if you have Universal Sports it is on in a few minutes.

Saturday, February 12

NBC Sports Broadcast Schedule
3:30 PM – 6:00 PM ET
Featured Games: England vs. France, USA vs. Samoa and New Zealand vs. Kenya

Universal Sports Broadcast Schedule
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM ET
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM ET
9:30 PM – 1:00 AM ET
Featured Games: South Africa vs. USA, Australia vs. Scotland and Cup Quarterfinals

 

Ireland v France also on TV5MONDE

Just got this message from TV5MONDE

Information for French and Irish rugby enthusiasts. The Ireland -France rugby match on Sunday, 13 Feb at 15h (Dublin time) will be relayed over four of the five continents by the world’s second most available from satellite tv station from all transponders EXCEPT Europe including/and FBS.

Link

 

Selections for Six Nations Second Round

France: C Poitrenaud; Y Huget, A Rougerie, D Traille, M Medard; F Trinh-Duc, M Parra; T Domingo, W Servat, N Mas; J Pierre, L Nallet; T Dusautoir, J Bonnaire, I Harinordoquy.Replacements: G Guirado, S Marconnet, J Thion, S Chabal, D Yachvili, Y Jauzion, V Clerc.

via BBC Sport – Rugby Union – Maxime Mermoz to miss Six Nations clash with Ireland

Wales team to face Scotland in Edinburgh on 12 February:
Lee Byrne (Ospreys); Morgan Stoddart (Scarlets); Jamie Roberts (Blues), Jonathan Davies (Scarlets); Shane Williams (Ospreys); James Hook (Ospreys), Mike Phillips (Ospreys); Paul James (Ospreys), Matthew Rees (Capt, Scarlets), Craig Mitchell (Ospreys), Bradley Davies (Blues), Alun Wyn Jones (Ospreys), Dan Lydiate (Dragons), Sam Warburton (Blues), Ryan Jones (Ospreys)
Replacements: Richard Hibbard (Ospreys), John Yapp (Blues), Jonathan Thomas (Ospreys), John Turnbull (Scarlets), Tavis Knoyle (Scarlets), Stephen Jones (Scarlets), Rhys Priestland (Scarlets)

via BBC Sport – Rugby Union – Six Nations: Hook replaces Jones for Wales’ Scots trip

Italy team: Luke McLean, Andrea Masi, Gonzalo Canale, Alberto Sgarbi, Mirco Bergamasco, Luciano Orquera, Pablo Canavosio; Salvatore Perugini, Leonardo Ghiraldini, Martin Castrogiovanni, Carlo Del Fava, Quintin Geldenhuys, Valerio Bernabo, Alessandro Zanni, Sergio Parisse (capt).

Replacements: Fabio Ongaro, Andrea Lo Cicero, Santiago Dellape, Robert Barbieri, Fabio Semenzato, Kris Burton, Gonzalo Garcia.

via BBC Sport – Rugby Union – Six Nations 2011: Italy change four for England match.

England side to play Italy: Ben Foden (Northampton); Chris Ashton (Northampton), Mike Tindall (Gloucester, capt), Shontayne Hape (Bath), Mark Cueto (Sale); Toby Flood (Leicester), Ben Youngs (Leicester); Andrew Sheridan (Sale), Dylan Hartley (Northampton), Dan Cole (Leicester); Louis Deacon (Leicester), Tom Palmer (Stade Francais); Tom Wood (Northampton), James Haskell (Stade Francais), Nick Easter (Harlequins).

Replacements: Matt Banahan (Bath), Jonny Wilkinson (Toulon); Danny Care (Harlequins); Dave Wilson (Bath); Steve Thompson (Leeds); Simon Shaw (Wasps); Hendre Fourie (Leeds)

via BBC Sport – Rugby Union – England unchanged for Italy clash.

Ireland: L Fitzgerald (Leinster), F McFadden (Leinster), B O’Driscoll (Leinster, captain), G D’Arcy (Leinster), K Earls (Munster), J Sexton (Leinster), T O’Leary (Munster); C Healy (Leinster), R Best (Ulster), M Ross (Leinster), D O’Callaghan (Munster), P O’Connell (Munster), S O’Brien (Leinster), D Wallace (Munster), J Heaslip (Leinster).

Replacements: S Cronin (Connacht), T Court (Ulster), L Cullen (Leinster), D Leamy (Munster), E Reddan (Leinster), R O’Gara (Munster), P Wallace (Ulster).

via BBC Sport – Rugby Union – Six Nations: Heaslip returns for Ireland against France.

Scotland team: Hugo Southwell (Stade Francais), Nikki Walker (Ospreys), Joe Ansbro (Northampton Saints), Nick De Luca (Edinburgh), Max Evans (Glasgow Warriors); Dan Parks (Cardiff Blues) Rory Lawson (Gloucester); Allan Jacobsen (Edinburgh), Ross Ford (Edinburgh), Euan Murray (Northampton Saints), Richie Gray (Glasgow Warriors), Alastair Kellock (Glasgow Warriors, capt), Nathan Hines (Leinster), John Barclay (Glasgow Warriors), Kelly Brown (Saracens).

Replacements: Scott Lawson (Gloucester), Moray Low (Glasgow Warriors), Richie Vernon (Glasgow Warriors), Ross Rennie (Edinburgh), Mike Blair (Edinburgh), Ruaridh Jackson (Glasgow Warriors), Sean Lamont (Scarlets).

via BBC Sport – Rugby Union – Andy Robinson names an unchanged side for Wales clash.

 

Apparently only one thing matters to the Welsh today!

hat tip to rugbydump.com

 

2011 Six Nations Selections

UPDATE – All the team selections for the first round of matches are now here. You can select your fantasy team from the one page.

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2011 Six Nations on tv in Asia

Setanta Sports Asia‘s online service (setanta-i.com) show live coverage of the RBS Six Nations, the Magners League, the Aviva Premiership, Super Rugby, the Amlin Challenge Cup, the ITM Cup, the Currie Cup, as well as the Tri-Nations and the November Internationals.

You must be in China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Macau, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Pakistan, Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan & Vietnam to use this service.

 

2011 Six Nations on tv in South Africa

2011 Six Nations is on Super Sport in South Africa on DStv.

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